Hair dressing accessory



May 16, 1933. l, FRANKEL 1,908,970

HAIR DRESSING ACESSORYA Filed May 28, 1932 JNVENToR. Irwm Frunke'.

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73 A TTORNEY Patented May 16, 1933v l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRWIN FRANKEL, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR DRESSING .ACCESSORY Application iled May 28, 1932. Serial No. 614,061..

This invention relates to ladies. hair dress- Fig. l is a side elevational View of a hair ing accessories. It is particularly directed to curler embodying the invention, with the hair curlers, hair rolls and the like articles. coating at one end shown in cross-section;

The hair curlers to Which this invention is F i'. 2 is a' cross-sectional view taken on directed, are of the kind used by ladies in line 2 2 of Fig. l; y

producing curls in their hair and comprising Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of one end a pliable rod like core on which the hair of the hair curler taken on line 3-3 of Fig. preferably previously treated with some lo- 2; and tion, or wetted, is wound. Heretofore, these Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a hair hair curlers, as hereinafter more fully'stated, roll embodying the invention. l 1 have been generally made from fabric cov- K ReferringA now in detail to the drawing, ered wire, such as ordinary electric lamp cord, l0 designates a ladies hair dressing accescut to the desired proper' length. Vith hair sory, embodying the invention, here shown curlers so constructed, many diiiiculties and for the pur Jose of illustration only, in the disadvantages have been experienced, among form of a hair curler. Hair curlers have C5' them being the fact that the end of the wires heretofore been inade of ordinary insulated become exposed with consequent danger of electric conductor cable. A long piece of injury to the users skin, and that the outer the insulated cable was usually cut or sheared cover of woven fabric usually unravels, parinto proper lengths. Such hair curlers perticularly at the ends, mitted the ends of the wires in the cable to Among the objects of the invention is the be eXpOSeCl. rIllere Was always the danger,v provision of hair curlers and the like accessd in using such hairicurlers, thaty thejends of ries of this cha noter, so constructed as to the wires would dig into or scratch or cut the obviar@ these difficulties, skin. Furthermore, the woven fabric cover More particularly, an object of this invenor sleeve would usually unravel. Other tion is to provide in an accessory of the charforms of hair, curlers have also been made acter described having a pliable strip or wire employing pliable metal covers coveredl by a core, highly improved means for effectively fabric Sleeve. covering the ends of the core to prevent said In accordance with my invention, the hair 0 ends from scratching or injuring the users curler l() may consistof a piece of ordinary 'S0 skin, thereby rendering said accessory safe in electric insulated conductor cable 10a such use, as duplex cable, having metallic pliable wires A further object of this invention is to proll covered by the usual cotton winding l2 vide a neat and strong' hair accessory of the and the rubber sheaths 13. The piece of cacharacter described, which shall be simple ble 10a is provided with an outer Woven fab- 3 and economical to manufacture, safe and comrC Coating 0r sleeve 14. T 0 prevent the fortable to use, and yet practical and ellicient Woven coating le from unraveling at the to a high degree. ends, and to cover the opposite ends of the Other objects of this invention will in part piece' 10a', said ends are coated as at 15 with 40 be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed a preferably soft resilient cushioning nia- 90 out. v terial, such as rubber or rubberized material.

The invention accordingly consists in the The coating'may be in any suitable shape and features of construction, combinations of eleprovides a soft resilient cushion, bead, lump ments, and arrangement of parts which will or thickening for the ends ofthe curler so be exemplied in the construction hereinafter that in use, should the ends of the curler con- 95 described, and of which the scope of applicatact the skin, no injury could result. tion will be indicated in the following claims. The coating l5 may be appli-ed by dipping In the accompanying drawing, in which is the ends of the cable into a solution containshown one of the various possible illustrative ing rubber, or like material. The coating embodiments of this invention, 15 preferably becomes embedded within the p ing of said cover,

viding a highly efiicient and practical hairaccessory.

In Fig. t there is shown a hair roll 20 in the form of an elongated piece 2l of electric conductor cable, having the ends thereof coated as at 22 With a coating similar to that vshown at l5 in Figs. 1,2 and 3. On an intermediate portion of` the insulated Wire 21 there yis attached a mass 23 of hair, Wool or the like fibrous material. Thev mass 23 may be attached to the Wire 2l by strings 24 tied at the ends of said mass, or by clips, or in any other suitable manner. The mass 23 is preferably so Worked around the insulated Wire 21 as to be retained thereon. In use rial attached to an intermediate portion of said member.

5. A hair roll comprising a piece of electric insulated cable, a coating at the ends of said cable, covering the ends of a Wire in said cable, and a mass of fibrous material attached to an intermediate portion of said cable.

6. A hair curler comprising an elongated,

pliant member adapted to be Wound about.

IRWIN FRANKEL.

'l not the mass of hair or Wool may be rolled ton gether With the users hairr and the outer ends of the insulated Wire then bent inwardly for retaining the hair roll and the natural hair in position, and thus obviating the necessity for a large number of hair pins.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in Which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and Which is Well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might bei made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A ladies hair dressing accessory comprising an elongated pliant core, a sleeve covering the same, and a soft coating at the ends of said core.

2. A ladies hair dressing accessory comlll) prising an elongated, pliant metallic core, al

Wire in said cable.

4, A ladies7 'hair dressing accessory comprising an elongated, pliant metallic member, a fabric sleeve on said member, a soft resilient material coating the outer ends of said member and sleeve, and a mass of fibrous mate- 

